Manifolding device.



. KBUH.

MANIFOLDING DEViCE.

AFPLicATmN FILED mi. 27. 1915.

Patented faua 16,191?.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

' A. Kamm.

MAMFOLDING DEVICE.

PPUCATION FILED HB2?. 1915 l J l N l 1 N Pamed gan. l, 19M.

' lSHEiETS--SHEE'f 3.

fm RAUH.

MNiLDlNG DEVICE.

aPPLlclofe Flu-: ria. 21, 1915.

Mmmm 3am. 3.6, 1917.

4 SHFETS-SET 4.

ciize'n of the United States, and residing at Hamilton, in toe county of Butler and State of hio, have invented 'new and useful Iniproven'leuts in mifolding Devices, of which the following specification is e full disclosure.

Hy imf'euiou ieletes to mi improvement in u i1 ig1epliic registers and in jpxii'ticulzu` to zype known to the tie-:le es pull-oui? macliigfles, rom which measured sheet lengths of peper withdmi lie paper El: eud of 7lie mu.- eliiie iii uuelly yesped and pulled forwardly w l lle end oli e meesui'ed length of peper gisters with the @bearing edge of a. temingblade The pepei is then trims-- feisely severed. This,

'mcnout means for arg `lle peper, zequiies cei'efulobsefvesion and gradual gull toward the end of the suied length7 requiring skill foi' isory :uid speedy peifoimences. iiie invention herein avoids any delicacy o ojpeiuiou, and an. objec, lieieore, is to pl'ovide means movabi ti'ensifefsely to 'the Dlziue el the pepe-5f lo euiomeiically engage fougli aper'ue oi' e'peitures 'which :we measuieo oissences in the pepex to miei progress over the Wi'iting mole es in i'egistry with lle il iuvenion is to proe o of pif-@ei yding ariestiug dovices progi'essively s'iaioned, 'adapted engage tlixougl: pluxnl number of uperues spaced long?s id ally e foi? inei'n eepting e pa idrewul ef 'die sheet and '1o el lengeli against Lleu,gi-udinei Wifliin die me- Speecaeoii of Letters Patent.

or iianiolding devices,

s- Ondine' jaits tlirouoliout alle several views of Wlflicli:-

is a 'top plan View of u manifold- Figuie l ingmecliine illusteuugg the oiwnid end of elle machine embodymy invention "alie @over being broken away. /L is a deiailed side elevation, of poi-lion ci the vforbokeu ai y, slim in l. section aleii on line 3 3: l. Fig. i is en end eleve on of die forward upper end ofthe machine which embodies my invention wih parte thereof shown in secion and others shown broken to show hidden pzus. Figi 5 is e top plan View, pniily mutilated, o' a potion of a, ii'iai'iiiolding device 0i" a modified form olf Ifue iuv'emlon 6 is a secioii on line Fig. i 7 top plan View oil1 2L il form 'lfzom that shown in 5. Fig. S is n, section on line 5SH-S, 7 wih the section not on ai true line @or showing the ieai support for the Tear didly extending actuator .link in elevaiozi.

The mucl'ine, in general, i'epi'esens u Well known *aj/pe of construction, comprising e, pair of side 'rfiames l., 2, secui'ed upon o 3 lieween which *the supply webs paper 4i :we suiebly mounted, tlie number dependi'lg upon the size machine employed for servtlie 'valous jefu'poses and demands ire- .q fred. The side frames may lie of sectional loim and arranged in uiiis, one mounted upon another foe convenient access to 1'elle interior of elle casing. papel: strips from the Webs respectively fed overs rolles 5 to guide the same ecioss u writingtelole 6 suppoi'ed beueeu i'lie feuilles, ai the upper portion thereof, and me-ginfilly inclosed by e mu` in fiume i', Wliicii may be' lizwedly momil te one the side iemes. is elle peper advances toward lle forward. end the mer 'l' es beneath e crossbui 8, secured To ie de cremes fl tensionblade 9 @fesses agmins the ciossbei to grip be'w the ble-:le and the mi any reve se movement able oeiiig suimbly :oooclied suc p 'we of 4lie meclii foi' tension o"eicmfice. Above the writingtejele9 the ewerd end of the machine,

3 is ef tearing-blade l() is provided, pivoted to the side frames and held under Jfension against the writing-table. Vlhe iearing-hlade has a pair of arms 1l hridginLg` the side frames and secured to the rock sha fl. 9;, journaled in the side frames, with one of its arms proif'ided with a handle extension i3 yreaching' rearwardly.

Beneath the writing-tal le 6 and toward the forward portion thereof, a pair of resilient blades 14, 14, are secured in parallel-- isin, their free ends eaeli provided with a pin l5, each pin projecting through an aperture in she writin ble and normally through an aperture Ain the cross-har 8,. These pins are in alinenieni; wih the perforations vin the paper, so as to engage` with the perforations when they are moved into regisry with the pins, and thereby intercept the paper to arrest its progress. UnringI the withdrawal of the paper the pins are yieldingly urged against the .lower fao-e oiE the paper and snap into a paper arrestingi posiion as soon as the sel of apertures comes into regis tlnlrmvith. The pins in Figs. l and. are shown beneath the tcaringblade and slightly in rear oi. its tearing edge, which provides for a Severance of the paper slightly beyond the perforations, leaving the saine intact so that 'elle paper may be locked against reverse motion, which is of advantage when a nianiiild number sheets are simultaneously withdrawn, insuring' the text registi'. the several sheets with which the machinel is threaded.

i-)reinaturely to a witlnlrawal of the sheets, it is necessary to release the pin engagement with the paper, well as to raise the eutting edge of the tearing-blade. from the table; and to reduce the number oi nianipw lations required for Jdie paper release, the paper feed arresting devices and tearingblade are connected, so that in a movement of the one, hoh will. nieve eordinately to a position of paper releasej The resilient blades le are each provided with a slotted lng 16 projected downwardly therefrom, eachl respectively adapted to he engaged through its slot by arms 17 fixed to the rock shaft 18 journaled in brackets 19 secured to the under side of the wiiting-t:il lo 6. The end of the rock shaft 18 has ay pinion 2O fixed thereto, in mesh with the rack sector 2l, fixed to the rock shaft l2, to which the tearing-blade is secured. Thus, when. the tearing-blade is rocked upwardly to bring its cutting' edge ahoverthe writing-table snliiciently .for convenient grasping or the end of the paper the pin members 14. will he coordinately moved so as to bring;r ends of their pins lielow the plane of the writingtable, releasing Jhe paper.

vspring' l2, coiled around he roch sha l2 having one end fixed to the other end to the side freine 2 ift shaft and its (see ling. All

provides tlle 'proper tension for rocking the shaft in a reverse direction., to automatically return. the tearing blade and parts connecting with the shaft to lheir normal position after the operator releases his hold, or depressing pressure, upon the handle i3.

w1vlith a slight withdrawal of the paper the registi-j,y between the apertures in the paper and the pins or detents is disturhedso ahat the tearing blade niay he lowered to its normal position which frees the pins per niiliting them to press against ihe under surface of the paper, as the p per being withdrawn and to snap through the succeedingn set of apertures when brought into registry. The tearing lilade in its normal position has i ts eiiting edge elevated to be free from contact with the table or paper paper thus can he freely iif'iihdrawn after il;

released from the pins.

ln loading a machine, it is desirable to susi-ain the arresting derices, tearing-blade and tensioirhnide 9 in a paper releasing po sii-ion, and is zeeoniplished by theV following devices :M-

Qllre resents a rock shaft iournaled in the side iframes to iifhieh a handle rod. fixed and projects forwardly therefrom, reaching to a position. accessible from the exterior of the register. The shank' portion oi? ehe rod 25 presses against cam lug 26 projeeting troni one oil. the side frames to hold the rod after it has been swung io roel( the shaft 24 and said shaft from osoil` latingA inversely under the tension of the sprin:l :27 connected with the rock shaft and side frame. rEhe rock shaft at one of its ends has a cani 28 xed thereon, engaging with a lug the tearing-blade, see 9', for swingin the tearing-blade when the shaft 24 is rocked. The shaft 24 has an arm 30 projecting therefrom, adapted to engage with the tensionblade 9 to Inove it to a paper releasing position simultaneously with the movement of the rook shaft 2li, and as the tearing-blade and the formed on one of the. arms .of

shaft l2 engages with the paper arresting devices, Athey likewise will he paper releasing position.

Now referringl to Figs. 5 and (l, it will he ohsorif'ed that the pin-carryingT resilient blades 14 il, are of an extended form .reaching` rearwardly beyond the pointat moved to a which they are lixed to the writing-table 6,

providing` the resilient pin carrying; extensions 145, 14', each having a pin l5 fixed thereto at its free end, and passing through respective apertures in the w1iting-tal)le and margin-frame 7. These pins pass throiwh registering' apertures in the paper at tie rear end which together with the forimrd pins, retain the intervening sheet length, or superimposed sheets. rigidly against displacement, and maintain the registry of the Sheets upon the writing table. The rear apertures hiee,

i. A device of the nature clseiosed Coni'- hining a frame. a writiniftibie over which a strip o paga is iirawn? the str having apertures 'prei rininateiy spaced iongitu dinaty? a piurahty of members, each yield inggtv urged toward a tace of said l iper anni iehztivey spaced eordinatey with Said paper aperti'lre spacing. adapted 'to engage through respective registering efrieii'tures to retain the intervening area of pager. a novable tearing-bladey having; its cutting edge extenued across said \vi'itiz1g;tehie and Connecting with said ,members 'for movi the same to positions of paper reiease coordinateiy with a movement' of Said tearinghhuie, and means for moving and retaining,l saint te iii ghia(h inelnher in non-functioning positions.

1%, ,in a inanifoldingip inaei ne; a pair oi side frames, a writ iig-table secured. between said side frames over which a strip oit' paper is drawn, the strip having apertures predetermina'tely spaced iongitudinaily, a iexible inenxher intermediate@ secured beneath the writing-tame to provide opposite free ends, each provided with pins projecting through reepeetive apertures in said Writing-table and in eorinate paper aperture spacing to respectively engage through the registering apertures to retain the paper upon said writing-table.

E). In a manifoiding machine, a pair of side frames, a writing-table secured between said side frames oi'er which a strip of paper is urawn, the strip having apertures predeterminatey spaced longitudinally, a Flexible member interlnediateiy secured beneath the writing tahe to provide opposite free ends, earh proviihd with pins projecting' through respective apertures in said Writing-table and in wrdinate paper aperture spacing to respectively engage' through the registering apertures to retain the paper upon said \.'1'itingtah]e, and means for Simultaneously moving said pins to positions of paper re- ]ease.

in witness ,vhereo, I hereunto subseribe my naine, as atteeted by 'the two Subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT KRAUTH. YWitnesses C. B. Fos'rnu, L. A.. BECK. 

